Fever, aching, fatigue

32F, mother of two diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroid disease in 2000, Levothyroxine 120 mcg, I have been chronically ill since October of last year. All started with the worst episode of thryoiditis I’ve ever had. I couldn’t speak or eat. Swollen lymph nodes appeared all throughout my neck and collar bone area. I lost 30 lbs between October and December. I’m suffering from body aches, chronic fatigue, bruising, hair loss. In February chest pains and heart palpitations began. Holter monitor confirms palpitations, echocardiogram confirmed no abnormalities. By March, 4 lymph nodes did not go down so a neck CT was ordered. Thyroid is heterogenous (we knew that, it always has been) with sub centimeter nodules and multiple borderline prominent cervical lymph nodes, “short interval follow up needed”. Referred to an ENT for Thyroidectomy evaluation. ENT was not convinced my symptoms are stemming from the thyroid, yet the thyroid and everything else is symptomatic of something else. In April, all the blood tests were ran, only labs out of range were MPV and ACE. Both levels were high. ENT then told me my MPV levels were high back in November too when my PCP Ran blood work but it was never disclosed to me. I also went to the gynecologist in April because I was experiencing abnormal bleeding. I had been bleeding for over 20 days by the time I had my appointment (currently I’ve been bleeding for 53 with only 8 days of none bleeding). During the breast exam she felt multiple lumps in both breasts. Sono/mammo were ordered as well as a pelvic ultrasound. Pelvic ultrasound and Pap smear came back clear. I just received my results back from the mammogram and all I was told was that “abnormalities were found, there is an area in your breast that needs to be looked at again in six months”. I also received a phone call and the woman said I’ll need to get more imaging done every size months for the next two years because after they compared my imaging from a previous mammogram from 2019, the density in the problem breast has changed from dense to even more dense. My ENT called and said he’s referring me to a pulmonologist for the elevated ACE level. I asked him why, what does that mean and he said “though we don’t know exactly what is going on, all we can do is follow the bread crumbs, the ACE level was our next clue and it could possibly mean sarcoidosis”. Then he said if I need a referral for a rheumatologist after the pulmonologist then he’ll do that too. Could anyone please tell me if my care team seem to be on the right track? With $6k in medical debt, I’d love nothing more that to spot seeing specialist after specialist if what I have is another chronic condition that I’ll be stuck with suffering from for the rest of my life. I’ve already been chronically ill since I was very young with thyroid disease so even though this has made it worse, it is nothing new to me. I just don’t want to drown in debt AND still feel like shit. And TBH, I’m more concerned about the blood work than the breast but I’m not sure if I should be considering I have to now get 4 mammograms during the next two years. I didn’t even notice the lumps until she had pointed them out to me. Opinions?

I am 20F. So I have been diagnosed with POTS and recently learned about PEM. Suddenly some things made sense: the random times my lymph nodes on my neck swell up and my throat hurts are probably actually just PEM. It literally feels like the flu- body aches and all. I have even ran a fever with it before. I also meet all the criteria for EDS.
For years now I have went through these random phases where I just CANT sleep enough. I constantly will wake up tired and I slept through so much of my senior year of high school it’s not even funny. Yes I worked and took dual credit classes but no matter what I was exhausted. I don’t do this too often but when it happens it is so hard. My joints already hurt all the time so, I just figured it was EDS. I have also been diagnosed with ADHD but now I am second guessing it. I was diagnosed with the inattentive kind, (what used to be called ADD) but it’s mainly forgetfulness, brain fog, trouble staying focused, etc.
All the comorbidities for EDS and POTS also run in my family. Such as GERD, ASD, Arthritis, MCAS, ADHD, etc. Not looking for a diagnosis, I just don’t know much about this!

I am beyond frustrated. The Dr says if I'm not that bad we can go ahead with the surgery but I'm having my doubts. I'm getting a 1.2 cm bosniak 4 cyst taken out of my left kidney with robot surgery.
From what I understand it's really not a horrible procedure but I really don't think I want to be blowing my nose while I'm recovering. I don't have a cough but I've only been sick since Wed and I could develop one.
I've had this shit 3 times this year. Starts with a sore throat for 4-5 days on day 4 I start getting head congestion. But this time I'm also having body aches and a slight head ache. I've been taking 2-3 showers a day to warm up. I don't have a fever. I've tested negative for covid twice now.
My appointment is 40 mins away and I have to be there at 5:15 am. I'm doing the liquid diet right now and that's not too bad.
What would you do? Go through with it? Or cancel? I have pet sitting lined up and a friend coming from out of state to help for a couple days. I had to do quite a bit of planning for this whole thing.

Anyone else have this side effect and how long did it take to go away?

Because it’s too early for Wednesday Whinge.
Is it just me or is everyone sick at the moment? There’s been viruses and covid flying around my workplace offices - both city and regional.
I came down with a sore throat last Sunday, which turned into fever, muscle aches and dry cough with green muck coming up from my lungs. Negative covid tests. Saw a gp last Thursday, got sent for a swab (still awaiting results) and started on antibiotics as I started going down hill.
Been literally coughing up my lungs every night to the point I can’t sleep. Lungs are too tired to keep coughing. I’ve not been sick for over a year and this is something else.
Anyone else experiencing a virus like this at the moment? Going on day 8 and not significantly better.

I’ve been experimenting with supplementation and biohacking for about 10 years now and I’m starting to wonder how much it has affected the way I view my own health.
I’m concerned that I may have become hypersensitive to my body to a point of mild hypochondria or even being psychosomatic.
Or maybe I genuinely have constant health issues.
I’ve been feeling envious of people who seem to never have any sort of discomfort or need for health intervention— do they actually exist?
Or do people bury it down because of societal expectations of appearing OK, or because they’re not overly in-tune to their body and so they tend to ignore issues?
Some recurring issues are:
Uncomfortable PMS symptoms like cramping, extreme fatigue, moodiness, anxiety, and bloating.
I’ve had a chronic bottom rib injury that limits my movement.
I’ve been seeing black spots in my vision for a couple of years now, usually when my heart rate is up, i’m feeling overly anxious, or I’ve had too much caffeine.
Ongoing stomach issues for years, like bloating, constipation, and pain.
There’s always some body ache I’m trying to solve, and some focus, emotional, or energy issue.
this just feels like a lot to me, especially for someone who takes care of themselves. I do have a lot of stress, but I manage it pretty well with my workout routine, diet, therapy, sleep, and other recommended techniques.
36F. I jog/run about 10 miles per week and I do hot yoga twice a week.

I am having a hard time managing working out and my increasing symptoms. In fact, one of the first signs of something being not the norm before my period was due was not being able to complete a normal training session. I took the rest of this week off because of awful headaches and fatigue. How have ya’ll found the motivation and energy to maintain your activities? I plan on dialing back intensity but I sustained major injuries two years ago and my body starts to ache if I stop consistent movement. My coach is great and a pelvic PT as well, my OBGYN is very encouraging of continuing on in a sustainable way.
Admittedly, I am worried about losing the strength and confidence I’ve built in my body. But, I want to find a balance between supporting a healthy pregnancy and my mental health. This is the first “normal” pregnancy I’ve had after losses and I’m so grateful for that. As an athlete, motion is truly medicine for me. Any advice or insight is welcome!

Decided to get one of the frozen slushy drinks today and made the mistake of drinking too much of it at once. Got the classic "brain freeze" headache almost immediately except it was legitimately the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. It only lasted a minute or so, but since then I've had a mild dull ache around the roof of my mouth and my forehead where the brain freeze was, and I've been experiencing some fatigue and difficulty concentrating since then, and that was around 5 hours or so ago.
Google tells me cold-induced headaches are not dangerous, so how long do I have to wait before I feel normal again?
28M, 5'9", 170lbs, White, no significant health/medical issues in the past. No drinking/drug use.

So I’m in no way a fitness beginner but i have ocd about never missing a day of working out. But this week i developed a gnarly virus. 102 Fever, Body ache, pink eye. I know scientifically ur body won’t lose progress one day but I still feel I will for some reason so I came here for someone to tell me it’ll be okay😂 I know it sounds stupid but my anxiety would bother me all day if nobody told me it was fine

I have nasty body aches, stuffy nose, slight 100 fever: Advil helps ALOT but, it feels like Covid, tested negative for Covid, flu, strep on the first day of symptoms. It came on abruptly.

Hi! I was exposed to sb on Thursday around 1 it’s now Saturday at 7:30. When I was exposed I took all the proper precautions, washed my hands, kept distance, etc. I haven’t been sick at all other than a little n* that I attribute to anxiety. However I just started running a fever, not feeling n* or any sort of stomach discomfort other then normal feelings of g*s. I just have a 101° fever, headache, body aches, and chills. Anyone think this could be sb?

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My daughter, 15F, started feeling ill Apr 28. It started with fever, body ache, and congestion/sinus pain and cough and ear ache, and deep fatigue. We treated with advil/tylenol, figuring it was just a normal cold. It was getting worse and throat was very inflamed (though not sore, apparently) with those white spots so started clarithromycin May 5 (allergic to amoxicillin). Did a course of 7 days, twice daily. May 6 we started doing peridex rinse 2x day, and saltwater baking soda rinse every 2 hours. A couple days into this routine, her throat started hurting badly but the fever and other symptoms started getting better. But throat has been steadily getting worse, along with pain in the back of the head and neck, and still a bit of a cough. The doctor prescribed another course of clarithromycin since the throat is still inflamed with white spots (picture in link is current). We are on day 3 of the second course of clarithromycin. We have had a swab come back negative for strep and a mono blood test also come back negative. The pain in throat, back of the head and neck seems to be getting worse, worst in the mornings upon waking. The tylenol and advil do help the pain.
If it's not strep or mono, what else could this be?
(Taking vit D 5000iu/day due to deficiency, and iron supplement as well, normal dose)

I get sinus/hay fever allergies seemingly related to dairy consumption and lately crashing fatigue. I also have CFS/ME. I have SIBO but wheat seems to exacerbate bloating not dairy. Or could this just be a food sensitivity? The fatigue is my biggest concern.

I’m on a 24 hour prescription for my acid reflux, but last night I was dumb and ate Indian food for dinner which always causes me to wake up in the middle of the night with stomach acid filling my mouth.
So I thought I’d try and take Pepcid right before bed to stop it from happening, on top of my prescription med. well it still happened extremely badly and so I took another Pepcid, which didn’t help. And then so i decided to take a third one.
After that I got so ill. Vomiting, diarrhea, fever, chills, body aches, dizziness.
It’s been 12 hours now and I’m still so sick.
Has everyone else ever had this happen?

My hand is taken from my side-
the toy in the hand of the impatient boy.
Moments before, we meandered the gallery corridors
of Plymbridge woods (our first date),
pausing in silence before the bluebell canvas,
natures indelible stroke.
Him, kind eyes and immaculate shoes,
shimmers of wisdom in his hair
the silver birch man dappled in early mornings’ flare.
Me? I drummed silly teenage rhythms on eager strides -
soaked in those spring suds
to rinse those who sit as freckles on my skin.
Now, with our palms entwined in a premature kiss,
air curdles and familiar clouds clump the horizon –
memories clots.
Un-kiss un-kiss.
For I’m the lonely tree of Llanberis the counter of all seasons.
Aged 21 again,
boxed and bedded in the hibernation room -
three years of winter I was told,
the day of my M.E. diagnosis,
the day I jack-knifed like a fever dream on a black ice runway.
But spring never did bloom into aching bones
and so, I lingered in the blur of a sleepy winter -
abridged in acrylic never to leave these walls,
never to be touched until today.
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Hi folks,
I’m in a really remote area of Uganda with extremely patchy internet and no way to contact a doctor for at least two days. I’ve been in-country for around 7 days, visiting Kampala and for the last four days at lodges in the West.
For the past 24 hours I’ve had fever, fatigue and severe diarrhoea. Also feeling nauseous, and got head pain.
I went into the pharmacy at the start of my trip and asked for antimalarials but they gave me the treatment instead.
Firstly, should I take this now or risk waiting another 48 hours to get to a pharmacy for an instant test?
Secondly, I can’t remember the dosage — I’ve been given Duo-Cotexcin and the pharmacist has written ‘3x1’ on the outside. Then also Dynapar which says ‘2x3 on the outside’. Does anyone know the correct way to take these, and for how long?
Thank you so much in advance, and my apologies if I’m being overly worried!

Fuck my life.
The joke is that of course this would happen to me. It was so mild for my daughter that I doubted she had it at all. Well, not anymore. Daycare sent a letter home last Wednesday that a kiddo in her class went home with HFMD, so not this past week but the one before. I picked her up that day and noticed 2 “pimples” on the back of her neck. This was indeed HFMD. she’d had mild fever and some throat discomfort in the 2 days leading up to the letter and the bumps. She is 100% now, but was kept home thurs and Fri and unfortunately sent back Monday, as I was extremely confident she didn’t have it as nothing progressed past that. I regret my actions, and hope it wasn’t passed on to anyone else. But unfortunately I got a nasty fever, sore throat, body aches, and fluctuation between extreme sweating and extreme chills for 2.5 days…and this morning I’ve woken up with dozens upon dozens of skin-colored bumps on hands, wrists and feet. Roof of mouth is torn up and “shedding”. Pads/tips of all my fingers and toes are sore and tingly.
Husband is fine, of course (but also luckily).
Goddammit. I have a MAJOR project due the Tuesday after Memorial Day, I do not have one minute of time to spare so I’m going to have to work through this no matter what.

My mom has hypothyroidism and is taking levothyroxine for it. Last night she was having chills, and this morning she fell. Her symptoms now are extreme fatigue (I have never seen her like this), some nausea, chills, and a headache. No fever. She can't get out of bed. Since she has hypothyroidism and a lot of her symptoms are hypothyroidism symptoms, I'm thinking that's what she's experiencing. However, she's been taking levothyroxine for a while with no problems. Is it possible her hypothyroidism has progressed and her current medication is too weak now, or that her medication has lost potency?
Edit: She has a fever now so she just caught something and is sick, her hypothyroidism seems fine.

I’d love to get some insight and advice from anyone that has any experience dealing with Lyme as I’m in a really tricky spot and and I’m so worried about taking anything for my Lyme since I’m currently breastfeeding my 5 month old. My symptoms have been on and off for years now that I think of it, but I never thought to get tested for Lyme, nor did any of my doctors. I always thought I had some sort of underlying autoimmune issue that would cause joint pain and swelling here and there as well as fatigue. I just sort of learned to deal with it. The real pain began after I had my baby 5 months ago. My joint pain and swelling became unbearable. I can barely walk first thing in the morning, my joints swell so badly that I can’t get my rings off of my fingers, my hips and neck ache constantly and my wrists feel like they're going to snap every time I pick up my son. I went to see a doctor about my pain, never expecting a positive Lyme result, but in fact it turns out I am positive for Borreliolis immunoblot Igm, Lyme screen Igm, duncani immuniblot Igm, bartonella immnoblot Igm, as well as babesia immunoblot Igm. My doctor believes I’ve had this in my system for a long time and he wrote me a prescription for one antiviral called Nystatin and one antibiotic called Cefuroxime Acetil 500mg. I’m supposed to take both 2x per day. He says this should cure my Lyme completely within a month. If I wasn’t breast feeding I probably would have just jumped on board and done what he said but I’m extremely hesitant because I don’t want my baby to get exposed to a bunch if antibiotics that could disrupt his system. My doctor said it was “safe” while breastfeeding but he also said that my baby could end up with abdominal discomfort and diarrhea from it which leads me to believe it’s obviously going to affect him in some capacity. Because of this I started reading more about natural ways of healing Lyme and I’m seeing a lot about herbal treatments and hyperbolic chambers etc but I’m a little lost and would love to know what worked for everyone. Would you recommend taking the antibiotics in conjunction with herbs (in that case I may sadly decide to stop breastfeeding) meaning I’d wait to start treatment for at least another month or two. Or would you suggest I stick with herbal treatment only? Any advice or personal experience would be so appreciated!

Age 32
Sex female
Height 5’3”
Weight 140
Race Caucasian
Duration of complaint 6 months
Location sinus
Any existing relevant medical issues dx MS, Long QTS
Current medications 500ml rituximab 2x/yr, 20mg propranolol 2x/day
Had this infection since November 2023; recurring symptoms of cough, congestion, red/congested eye(s), fever, body aches.
I had Covid before thanksgiving ‘23, then got “regular sick” about two weeks later. I’ve been treated for sinus infections and pneumonia and have been on amoxicillin, augmenten, cefdinil, doxycycline, and am currently on clindamycin since November with varying strengths and lengths of time. The infection would go away while on antibiotics, but always come right back 3 days after stopping them.
I got sinus surgery and I finally got a culture that came back as haemophilus influenzae. I’m currently on clindamycin, which I’m reading HI is resistant to. My infection symptoms are beginning to come back and I am been taking clindamycin 300mg 4x/day for a week, with three days left.
I’m at a loss and I’m sick of being sick. Looking for some advice and ideas. Is my body just resisting antibiotics at this point? And if so, how do I go about fixing that?